BiggerPockets is full of such discussions.Read this forum, Starting Out, General Real Estate Investing, and even a little of Investor Psychology to get the answers to your questions.You may even want to try the Search function at the very top line of this web page..

They can't just make stuff up or inflate the costs they paid for marketing to get a larger credit back than what they actually spent.If you do not do it this way an expensive home could take 6 months to 1 year to sell and putting in the magazines and all the other places can run thousands of dollars.

If it needs to be more discreet, you can find analog (https://goo.gl/DLQwFZ) or digital (http://a.co/gJbePoa) ones through a web search.Since I plan to hold really long term, the hassle and labor to install is large, and I don't have to have to coordinate with tenants around utility-related work in the future, I buy the most durable meters I can find in hopes I don't need to touch them again.

I even sent him my ink pen with my company info, my web site link with all valid info but he never gave it a second chance after my call back, he was just still very skeptical.

From the Mass.gov web site - http://www.mass.gov/ago/consumer-resources/consume...You can only ask for the following:The first month’s rentA security deposit to cover the cost of any damage to the apartment beyond normal wear and tear (which may not exceed the amount of one month’s rent)The last month’s rent (the month that will turn out to be the tenant’s last one in the apartment)The cost of a new lock and key for the apartmentSo yes, you can ask for last month's rent at move in but the tenants will use that for their last month's rent so you won't end up with any extra money for damages.

@Jacquelyn SarpongI pull the probates from my county web-site daily and x-reference them with the AD to see if the estate/decedent owned Real Property.

I own a web design agency and haven't had b-cards in 3-4years.We bought a duplex in early December and while working on the renovation,been approached at least 10x by potential tenants and they all asked for business cards.Bought some and now hand them out like candy.Kevin

We actually, have a page on our web site that outlines all the charges after the move out.

Our goal is to increase housing security and improve neighborhood quality by giving folks paths to home ownership - paths that require hard work, with all the rewards that brings.Near term goals include creating a web presence (nope, no current website!

Now nothing is wrong with that, except the fact they could be using the web more productively  than slamming someone who is fixing a rundown home in a neighborhood.